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ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES From the Editor President’s Letter Anyone who has used cyanoacrylate It is time again for all members of the AAW to (CA) glue knows how easy fingers exercise their right and privilege to vote in this can get stuck together . as well as year’s AAW Board of Directors’ election. to a variety of objects in the shop. Stories abound. In his article on The AAW Board is made up of nine elected CA glue, Bill Blasic provides sound directors. Each director serves a three-year term information about the uses and and may run once for reelection. Terms are precautions for this bonding agent. staggered, so there are three new (or reelected) The project article on making directors each year, three who are serving in a kendama is timely and Arnold the second year of their term, and three who are Ward, who knows and uses this toy, serving in the third year of their term. Directors shares his long-time experience. are volunteers and are not paid for their service Woodturners regularly use on the Board. bandsaws. Mark Duginske’s and Exercising your right to vote is your opportunity to influence the future Keith Tompkins’ articles will help of the AAW. We have six excellent nominees this year, and your votes you understand, adjust, and safely will determine which three become your directors. Candidate statements use a bandsaw. I confess I have avoided using and a paper ballot are part of this issue of AW. If you prefer to vote elec- spalted wood because of a tronically, please visit the AAW website at woodturner.org/BoardVote to perceived notion that the spalting do so. Your vote must be cast electronically or postmarked no later than itself was harmful to lungs. October 21, 2011. Sara Robinson debunks several Now, let’s talk for a moment about safety. Turning wood on a lathe myths about spalted wood and is one of the safest forms of woodworking; however, it is not without provides scientific evidence that hazards. Good safety practices will significantly reduce the dangers. For this natural treasure is no more example, it is not safe to be anywhere near a lathe in operation without dangerous to healthy people wearing eye protection. For many turning activities, full-face protection than wood dust itself. Instead of is advised. the usual photo of myself, I have I never operate my own lathe without a full-face screen and a short- included an image of a turned sleeved turning smock (so there are no sleeves to become entangled). If and carved sculpture I made a few years ago from spalted maple. It’s there is a maintenance problem about 9" (23 cm) in diameter. with my lathe, I fix it before using Remember to Vote! The look of the spalting is the lathe again. I keep my work dramatic, but several punky areas area well lit, and I wear a dust mask AAW Board Election were troublesome. Thanks to a whenever I am sanding or cutting Photos and statements of the six nominees run- generous application of CA glue, dusty timber. Dust in your lungs is ning for election to the AAW Board of Directors the punky spots hardened enough cumulative and some woods can appear on pages 5—7. Please read the state- to accept a finish and blend with be toxic. ments and then vote for up to three candidates. the surrounding wood. These are a few of the safety con- There are two options for voting: (1) by —Betty Scarpino siderations we should all be aware electronic ballot, which is available on the AAW of to protect ourselves against website at woodturner.org/BoardVote or (2) by injury. The AAW website offers paper ballot, which is included in the plastic excellent guidelines and resources bag with this journal. The ballot contains your on lathe safety. Every woodturner name and membership number. Tear off the ballot where instructed, put it in the enclosed should review safety guidelines fre- envelope, affix a stamp, and mail the ballot. quently and practice them always. Your vote must be cast electronically or Your well-being depends on it! postmarked no later than October 21, 2011. We encourage you to participate in the vot- With warm regards, ing process and hope that you take the time Tom to help make this election turnout significant. 4 American Woodturner August 2011 Copyright 2011, 2016, American Association of Woodturners. All rights reserved. 04_EdColumn_PresLetter_VoteBlurb.indd 4 7/11/11 9:52 AM ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES Candidates for the Board The Nominating Committee is pleased to present the follow- We encourage you to participate in the voting process ing six candidates to the AAW membership for their consid- and hope that you take the time to help make this election eration. There are two ways to vote: (1) by electronic ballot, turnout significant. Your vote must be cast electronically or which is available on the AAW website at woodturner.org/ postmarked no later than October 21, 2011. BoardVote or (2) by paper ballot, which is included with this issue of the journal, along with a self-addressed envelope. —Kurt Hertzog, Chair, Nominating Committee Dale Larson, Oregon This is my thirty- since it started in 1990. Twice I served the AAW and the education I have third year of as president. Since 1993 I have hosted received along the way from the AAW. woodturning. woodturners from all over the world I am currently serving my first term I joined AAW in my shop for our chapter demon- on the AAW Board. One of my primary in 1989 when I strations. Additionally, I host an open roles for the last two years is coordinat- attended the third shop once a month. New woodturners ing the annual symposium. In this annual AAW sym- are invited to attend, where we teach role, I get the honor of working with posium in Seattle. them how to sharpen tools and assist woodturners from all over the world. I can honestly say that symposium them in a project. Education of wood- Additionally, during this past year, I changed the path of my life. Since then, turning is the core mission of AAW, was the lead Board member on updat- I have attended fifteen symposia. In and I strongly support education pro- ing our Bylaws. 2007 when the symposium was held in grams. We need to continue to draw The past two years have been a period Portland, Oregon, Tom Reiman and I in new and younger members to have of change within the AAW, as we grow were the local liaisons. We coordinated a strong organization. into a truly international organization. the numerous local committees that it Woodturning has taken me all over I am keenly aware of the Association’s takes to make the symposium a success. the United States and internationally. history and its future goals. Please vote I have been a member of the Many of my contacts and invitations for me for another term as a member of Cascade Woodturners Association are due to the friends I have met in the Board of Directors of the AAW. John Morand, Ontario Fellow wood learning opportunities. My work can member and former chair of the turners, I am be seen at johnmorand.com. I still have International Economic Development running for the much to learn and the AAW plays an Council based in Washington, D.C., Board of the AAW important part in that learning curve. when I make a commitment, I deliver. to give something Our studio is located in Port Hope, I currently serve on the board of an back to the orga- Ontario, where I provide woodturning art gallery and a Lions Club. nization that has instruction to a cross-section of people, I established one of the first Tourism changed my life. including individuals with treatable and the Arts conferences in Canada I am a semi-retired environmental mental diseases such as depression. and have served on a number of public lawyer and strategic planning consul- There is nothing like the smell, texture, boards where I have been active in the tant. I am married to Juliet Fullerton; and feel of a turning to make one feel areas of finance and governance. we share an interest in woodturning. good and the day that much better. As former city manager, corporate I have been turning wood for the past I have been a board member and executive, and management consul- eleven years and am a member of the chair of a number of local, national, tant, I have much to offer as a profes- Kawartha Woodturning Guild where I and international organizations and sional manager in the development of am heavily involved, along with others, would like to bring that experience policy as the AAW moves forward. to build our club to well over 100 to the AAW to assist in its growth and members. I enjoy the camaraderie and new directions. As a ten-year board More candidates on next page woodturner.org 5 Copyright 2011, 2016, American Association of Woodturners. All rights reserved. 05_BoardNominees.indd 5 7/11/11 9:53 AM ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES Paul Omilon, Saskatchewan I have been a pro- a chapter of the AAW. Changes to our me with a wealth of experience in fessional wood- bylaws and application to the AAW working with large and small organiza- turner for more were completed in May this year. tions. The organizational and opera- than twenty- I have been teaching woodturning tional skills developed during my pro- two years and a at our local arts education facility fessional career would serve the AAW member of the for the past four years.